Income tax Quote by Thomas Piketty

Arthur Laffer's idea, that lowering taxes could increase revenues, was logically correct. If tax rates are high enough, then people will go to such…

— Richard Thaler

Up until 1986, the top marginal rate, the top statutory rate was 50 percent. Now it's 35 percent. And all the pressure is on…

— Bruce Bartlett

“high taxation was not regarded in these years as an affront. On the contrary, steep rates of progressive income tax were seen as a…

— Tony Judt

“Between 1981 and 1986, the top income tax rate was cut from 70 percent to 28 percent. Meanwhile, taxes on the bottom four-fifths of…

— Jane Mayer

“Those cuts had lowered the top income tax rate from 39.6 percent to 35 percent. With bipartisan support, Bush had also slashed taxes on…

— Jane Mayer

“Taxes occupy a strange position in the emotional landscape, oscillating between moments of great passion (April 15 and election days) and near-lethal boredom (every…

— Bruce Cannon Gibney

The tax rate increases reduce economic growth; they shrink the pie; they cause more poverty, more despair, more unemployment, which are all things government…

— Arthur Laffer

To tax the larger incomes at a higher percentage than the smaller, is to lay a tax on industry and economy; to impose a…

— John Stuart Mill

The level of taxation is driven by spending. Less spending leads to lower taxes.

— Gregory D Hess

“A consequence, however, was that the tax code turned many extraordinarily wealthy families, intent upon preserving their fortunes, into major forces in America’s civic…

— Jane Mayer

I can't imagine an argument that says that raising marginal tax rates on high income people, many of whom are business owners, is a…

— Glenn Hubbard

“Lower taxes didn’t mean people paid less; it meant taxes weren’t raised.”

— Chris Dietzel